Apple AirPlay 2 hands-on [Updated]

04 February 2018
It's always good to get something for nothing. Getting multi-room music streaming to take on the likes of Sonos, we take our first look at AirPlay 2 in the iOS 11.3 beta.

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Avovymous, 04 Feb 2018Apple products pretty much have low volume quality, that's ... moreI am not sure I understand.
"headset or BT speakers"
You mean if you connect it via Bluetooth? That's probably not it, because, there is no quality to differentiate ... unless you count SBC/AAC codec.
You mean connecting iPhone via a jack to an external amplifier? If so then yep, quality will be higher, but still, average at best.

Even my Fiio M3 sound much better than my iPad Pro.

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    Fearghast, 04 Feb 2018To my ears, they just sound poorly - same as iPhones or iPa... moreApple products pretty much have low volume quality, that's if you're not using any headset or BT speakers etc, but if you do, and a device with different volume adjuster, their products have good sound quality

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      • 04 Feb 2018

      ipod touch yey!

        Fearghast, 04 Feb 2018Well iPod Touch is not really good as a sound source. If yo... moreThis is why I said "MUCH" bettter sound quality. ^^;

          Avovymous, 04 Feb 2018i had 2 series of iPod Touch and both of them worked great ... moreTo my ears, they just sound poorly - same as iPhones or iPads.
          They were much better, long time before Apple donwgraded DACs.
          I pretty much despise audio output on my iPad Pro.

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            Fearghast, 04 Feb 2018Well iPod Touch is not really good as a sound source. If yo... morei had 2 series of iPod Touch and both of them worked great if used on an audio output

              Kiyasuriin, 04 Feb 2018That's actually quite awesome! I can finally listen to my 3... moreWell iPod Touch is not really good as a sound source. If you would use for example Dragonfly via "OTG" quality would shine, but with standard, subpar DAC and amplifier build in iPod Touch?
              I don't think so.

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                • 04 Feb 2018

                Superbly

                  That's actually quite awesome! I can finally listen to my 3,400 songs on a much better audio through my iPod Touch! ^^

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